Sweep-rake cleaner



0. DAILY. SWEEP RAKE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED 29. 1919.

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SWEEP RAKE CLEANER. APPLICATION FILED DEC.29.1919- Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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0. DAILY. SWEEP RAKE CLEANER. APPLICATION F lLED DEC-29,1919

Patented Apr. 25, 1922.

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' SWEEP;RAKE crnannni To all whom it may concern: 1 e

Beit knownthat I, Ora-o DAILYfaCltiZGIl of the United States, residing at Lo an, in the county of Phillips,- S'tateof ansas,

have invented a new ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enablefo'thers skilled in the art to which-it .appertains to prise-s the slde bars make and use the same. r I

The invention relates to wheeled rakes and particularly to that type of wheeled rakes known as sweep rakes and has for its ob-- ject to provide a rake of this type, wherein" the horses as they are held back will cause the rake fingersto be *lowered onto the ground and the same action'will cause a rol ward movement'to 'a transversely disposed hinged member so as to start the 'hayor straw from the fingers, and the further'back- 7 ing of the rake as a'whole,

causing the fingers to be moved clearof-tlie stack-of hay or"-straw. Also to provide manually operatedmeans whereby the rake fingers may "be raised or loweredin relation to the ground. 7 i

A further object is-to provide a sweep rake compris ng a frame, said frame being provided with a pivoted rake member at its" forward end and to provide'means whereby horses may -be hitched to the frame, rearwardly of the pivoted rake member, the hitching members of the horses being-connected to a transversely pivoted finger clearclearing the fingers of the -pivote drake meming frame and so connected that. as the horsesare held back the 'fingers'of the pivoted rake member will be lowered to the ground, the load thereon moved forwardly on the rake fingers by the transversely pivoted frame and the further backing of the horses ber from the stack of hay or straw.

'- forth, shown in the drawings, described and I With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in the combination and arrangement" of parts as hereinafter set claimed it being understood that changes V of the invention.

' Figure 1 is a plan view of the wheeled in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the'scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit In the drawings rake.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

and useful Sweep-Rake Cleaner; and I do hereby declare the followas at 1.6.: Rotatabl Application filed December 29, 1919, Serial No. 347,919.

: Specification of Meagh n; Faitented Apr-.25, 1922.- V v lFigure 3 is a perspective view of the rake finger, cleaner frame-looking at the same from the rear.

Figure 4 1s a the forward corners of the rake frame;

detail plan view of one of Figure "5 is a detail sectional view taken on line 5- 5 of Figure 1.

'Referring. to the drawings, the numerall designates a -U-shaped frame, which comdisposed rear bar 3;

r 2 andthe transversely I I The side bars 2' and the end bar 3 are braced andheld in their v 7 relative positions by frame works. The rear corners -5 "off the frame areprovided with vertically disposed bearings 6,.i n which bearings, shaft 7 of cast- Castings 8" have -ro-" tatablymounted therein supporting wheels ings 8 are disposed.

9, which wheels support-the r ear end of the U-shaped frame 1. r

' i Pivotal'ly secured to the front ends of the side bars 2 as at-lO is arake frame 11, which frame comprises a transversely disposed bar 12 towhich bar is secured a series'of 15za're the pintles of. wheels 18.' Wheels 18: support the pivoted rake member spaced 1 from the ground and also form a pivotal point on which the rake member is inclined a centrally disposed 1 VSecur ed to the rear faces of the I and 15 areiupwardlyviextending bars, which v bars have their endsxconnectedby .a}transversely disposed bar 20, there also beinganother transversely "disposed *bar' 21 for ad ditionallyibracing the vertical bars 19. .Ex-'

tending forwardly and downwardly from the bar .21 are'wheel guards 22 which prevent contact with the wheels of the material disposed on the rake fingers 13, during a raking operation. The frame formed by the I bars 19,120 and'21 isv additionally braced have their upper ends connected to the end" by rearwardly extendingbraces 23, which uprights 19 and their lower ends connected It will be seen that the frame work formed by the bars ,19, 20, and 21 will be rigidly braced. Pivotally secured as at 24 to two' of the upright bars 19 are rearwardly and I to the transversely disposed bar as at 24. I

90 downwardlyat its fo'rwardend by mecha- 'nismihereinafter described.

7 moved in the plished in the direction that the lever 27 inwardly extending connecting bars 25,

which bars are in turn pivotally connected pivoted to the frame 1 as at 30 and are-provided with single trees 31, to which draft animals are adapted to be attached so that they will move the rake as a whole in the direction of the arrow a, Figure 1. Pivoted to the forward ends ofthe side bars 2, as at 32 and normally in a horizontal position are bars 33 to which the animal is also attached as at 34 so that a rearward rocking of the ends 35 of the bars 33 will be'accomof the arrows b, Figure 1, and a forward 'rockingof the ends 86 in direction of the arrows 0, shown in Figure 1. This rocking of the bars 33 being accomplished when the driver holds back ,on the horses so that connecting links 3'? will be forced forwardly so that the lower end of a pivoted frame 38 will be forced forwardly at its bottom edge, said frame being pivoted as at 39 to the transversely disposed bar 20 soas to force the accumulated hay or straw forwardly on the fingers 13 at the same time is forced forwardly by the operator of the seat 40.

The, operation is as follows. The rake is direction of the arrow (1 by the draft animals and'during this forward movement the pivoted rake member may be movedupwardly or downwardly at its outer end by the manipulation of the lever 27 by the-operator, however, the usual operation is the lowering of the forward ends of the rake fingers 13, so as to rake the straw from depressions in the ground. The upward movement of the pivoted rake member being limited by limiting StOpSLl which engage angle blocks 42 carried by the side bars 2. After sufiicient straw has been accumulated on the fingers 13 and it is desired to deposit the same on the ground, the operator holds back on the horses which will cause the rocking of the pivoted bars 29and I T his-will cause the outer ends of the fingers of the pivoted rake member'to come into contact with the ground so as to allow the straw to engage the ground and it will alsocause a simultaneous outward movement of the pivoted frame 38, which will start the straw from the fingers 13 and the further backing of the animals will cause the fingers 13 to come from under the pile of deposited straw and clear thesame. :It has been found in the present construction of sweep rakes that when the machine is hacked to clear the fingers from the stack of hay that said fingers will not at all times clear the stack, however, by providing the pivoted frame 38 which gives a simultaneous forward push to the stack of straw at the same time it is being placed in engagement with the ground that this difficulty is overcome.

The invention having is claimed as new and useful is 1. A sweep rake comprising a wheel supported frame, a rake pivoted to the forward end of said frame, s tops carried by the rake adjacent its pivotal points and overlying stops carried by the wheel supported frame,- a transversely disposed pivoted rake cleaning' frame, said rake cleaning frame being disposed above the rake and pivoted to 'a support carried by the rake, to the support said rake may means to which whereby upon holding back of the draft ani mals the lower end of the cleaning frame will be forced forwardly.

2. The combination wit ed sweep rake frame having a raking element pivoted to its forward end, ofhorizontally disposed stops carried byv the raking element adjacent its pivoted end, said stops overlying the wheel supported frame and forming means for limiting theupward pivotal movement of the raking element.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

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be lowered at its free end and been set forth what means connected carried by the rake whereby draft animals are. attached h a wheel supporthorizontallydisposed stops carried by; 

